6544 tenses a table

ENGLISH TENSES
FUTURE

FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST

SIMPLE

PAST

(+) S + V/V+s (es)

(+) S + V2/V+ed

(+) S + will + V

(+) S + would + V

(-) S + don’t/doesn’t + V

(-) S + didn’t + V

(-) S + won’t + V

(-) S + wouldn’t + V

PERFECT CONTINUOU

PRESENT

(+) S + am/is/are + Ving

(+) S + was/were + Ving

(+) S + will be + Ving

(+) S + would be + Ving

(-) S + ‘m not/isn’t/aren’t + (-) S + wasn’t/weren’t + Ving (-) S + won’t be + Ving
Ving
(?) (Q) was/were + s + Ving? (?) (Q) will + s + be Ving?

(-) S + ‘wouldn’t be + Ving

(+) S + have/has + V3/V+ed

(+) S +
V3/V+ed

(-) S +
V3/V+ed

haven’t/hasn’t

(+) S + had + V3/V+ed
+ (-) S + hadn’t + V3/V+ed

CONTINUOUSPERFECT

(?) (Q) had + s + V3/V+ed..?

(?) (Q) have/has + s +

V3/V+ed..?
(+) S + have/has been + Ving
(+) S + had been + Ving

(?) (Q) would + s + be

(+) S + will have + V3/V+ed
(-) S +
V3/V+ed

won’t

have

+

would

have

+

(-) S + wouldn’t have +
V3/V+ed

(?) (Q) will + s + have
V3/V+ed..?
(?) (Q) would + s + have
(+) S +will have been + Ving
(+) S would have been +

Ving
(-) S + haven’t/hasn’t been + (-) S + hadn’t been + Ving
(-) S + won’t have been +
Ving
Ving
(-) S + wouldn’t have been
(?) (Q) had + s + been +
+ Ving
(?) (Q) have/has + s + been + Ving?
(?) (Q) will + s + have been
Ving?
+ Ving?
(?) (Q) would + s + have

S – subject/подлежащее

V – verb/глагол-сказуемое

Q – question word/вопросительное слово


ENGLISH TENSES

CONTINUOUSPERFECT

PERFECT CONTINUOU

SIMPLE

PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

I (you, we, they) work and I (you, we, they) worked and I think I (you, we, they) will
live in Aktau.
lived in Almaty last year.
work and live in Aktau next
year.
He (she, it) lives and studies He (she, it) lived and studied I don’t think he (she, it) will
in Astana.
in Moscow 2 years ago.
live and study in Astana this

FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST
I said I (you, we, they)
would work and live in
Aktau.
I said he (she, it) would

I am leaving for London I (he, she, it) was reading a
tomorrow.
book at 7 p.m. yesterday.
You (we, they) are working
and living in Aktau at the You (we, they) were working
moment.
all day long last Friday.

I (you, we, they) will be I said I (you, we, they)

working and living in Aktau would be working and living
during next two years.
in Aktau next year.

I (you, we, they) have worked I (you, we, they) had worked
and taught English in Aktau.
and taught English in Aktau
before I moved to Almaty.
He (she, it) has visited a lot
of countries.
He (she, it) had done
everything when the boss

I (you, we, they) will have I said I (you, we, they)
finished school by 2012.
would have finished school
by 2012.
He (she, it) will have built
the house by the time he I said he (she, it) would
gets married.
have built the house by the

He (she, it) will be living and I said he (she, it) would be

I (you, we, they) have been I (you, we, they) had been Next year I (you, we, they) I said I (you, we, they)
working and teaching English working in Aktau for a year will
have been
teaching would have been teaching
in Aktau for 3 years.
before I moved to Almaty.

English for 6 years.
English for 6 years next
year.
He (she, it) has been learning He (she, it) had been doing He (she, it) will have been
English since 2008.
karate for a long time when building the house for 10 I said he (she, it) would
he decided to stop it.
years in 2011.
have been building the